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Summer
Internship:
Americans
for
Safe
Access,
Oakland,
CA
5/5/06
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/434/asajob.shtml
Americans for Safe Access
(ASA) is seeking one paid intern for its Oakland, CA, office to assist
both its legal and political campaigns in medical marijuana states.
ASA is a dynamic grassroots organization working to ensure access to medical
marijuana therapies and research. ASA is engaged in multiple legal
and political efforts at both the state and federal levels, which will
be reflected in the internship.
An internship with ASA is
available to undergraduate and graduate with basic writing, communication,
and organizational skills. Experience with or study of law or politics
is a plus, but not a requirement. This internship includes a stipend
of $750 for 15-20 hours of work per week. It runs from late May or
early June through late August.
Projects ASA is working on
in California and other medical marijuana states include: Wide range
of civil lawsuits against cities, employers, and law enforcement for implementation
of state law; Campaigns in legal medical marijuana states to ensure patients'
rights; Coordinated lobbying by grassroots and staff to ensure the protection
of medical marijuana dispensing in California; and Providing educational
material to patients, physicians, advocates, and public officials.
The following is a sample
of tasks for an ASA internship: Translate state medical marijuana
law into lay terms; Draft political alerts to mobilize grassroots volunteers;
Assist in helping patients with legal issues, including housing, employment
and law enforcement encounters; Compile information for political and legal
reports; Assist in the process of lobbying public officials on the medical
marijuana subcommittee of the League of California Cities (a statewide
city official association); Assist in periodic mailings to California public
officials; Maintain correspondence with imprisoned medical marijuana defendants.
Location is Oakland, California.
The position does not involve travel. It starts on June 1 and runs
for 2 ½ months. For further information, contact Rebecca Saltzman
at 1322 Webster Street, Suite 208, Oakland, CA 94612, (510) 251-1856 or
[email protected].
To apply, send your work/school history with an explanation of why you
would like to intern with ASA to Rebecca Saltzman at [email protected].
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Issue #434
-- 5/5/06
Editorial:
Oh,
Mexico
(Oh,
the
Embarrassment)
|
Feature:
Mexico
Moves
to
Decriminalize
Drug
Possession
--
No,
Wait,
Nevermind
|
Feature:
Harm
Reductionists
Gather
in
Vancouver
|
Feature:
Building
an
International
Drug
Users'
Movement
--
Activists
Form
Coalition,
Issue
Declaration
|
Offer:
Important
New
Legalization
Video
Available
|
Feedback:
Do
You
Read
Drug
War
Chronicle?
|
Law
Enforcement:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
The
Movement:
Annual
DEA
Event
Generates
Counter-Conference
Next
Week
in
Montreal
|
Celebrity
Bust:
Token
Arrest
as
Radio
Talker
Rush
Limbaugh
Cuts
a
Deal
on
Pain
Pill
Charges
|
The
Government:
Drug
Czar
Under
Attack
From
Right,
Left
|
Marijuana:
University
of
Colorado
Posts
Pics
of
Students
at
Pot
Rally,
Offers
Reward
for
Naming
Them
|
Military
Matters:
Angry
West
Point
Cadets
"Riot"
After
Drug
Search
|
Europe:
Scottish
First
Minister
Slams
Police
for
Drug
Legalization
Suggestion
|
Europe:
Germany
Plans
to
Provide
Free
Heroin
to
Long-Term
Addicts
|
CounterPunch
on
Suppression
of
Marijuana
Research,
Gay
City
News
on
FDA
and
Medical
Marijuana
|
Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
|
Job
Opportunity:
Program
Manager,
Criminal
Justice
Policy
Foundation,
Washington,
DC
|
Summer
Internship:
Americans
for
Safe
Access,
Oakland,
CA
|
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The
Reformer's
Calendar
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